Liverpool loan centre-back Sebastian Coates to Sunderland for season

Sebastian Coates was on loan at former club Nacional last season.

Liverpool defender Sebastian Coates has joined Sunderland on a season-long loan.

The 23-year-old has followed fellow defenders Jack Robinson and Daniel Agger out of Anfield as manager Brendan Rodgers continues to move out his fringe players in the closing hours of the transfer window.

Coates, who moved to Liverpool from Uruguayan club Nacional for seven million pounds in August 2011, has struggled to establish himself on Merseyside.